Willis's Current Notes: A Series of Articles on Antiquities, Biography, Heraldry, History, Language, Literature, Natural History, Topography, &c. Selected from Original Letters and Documents Addressed During the Year ... to the PublisherG. Willis, 1855 |
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... died at Bath in 1790 , about eighty years old . She lived with an aunt for some time , when young , in Newton's house . I asked , if it was true , that he was apt to fly into it with the well known story of the dog , that threw down a ...
... died at Bath in 1790 , about eighty years old . She lived with an aunt for some time , when young , in Newton's house . I asked , if it was true , that he was apt to fly into it with the well known story of the dog , that threw down a ...
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... died on the 21st of September , 1558 . According to authentic information just received here torical researches in Spain , all this turns out to be a from a German traveller , now engaged in making his- fabulous legend . Don Tomas ...
... died on the 21st of September , 1558 . According to authentic information just received here torical researches in Spain , all this turns out to be a from a German traveller , now engaged in making his- fabulous legend . Don Tomas ...
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... dying , the burden of which was ' Tally - ho ! to the Fox . ' Not a word of truth in it , as I told Napier when he mentioned the wretched calumny . " Thus to be quoted as the careless reporter of a " wretched calumny " does not suit me ...
... dying , the burden of which was ' Tally - ho ! to the Fox . ' Not a word of truth in it , as I told Napier when he mentioned the wretched calumny . " Thus to be quoted as the careless reporter of a " wretched calumny " does not suit me ...
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... Died , last week , at Edinburgh , Mrs. Candlish , for- merly Miss Jean Smith , the last of the six belles of Mauchline , ' to whom the verses of Burns have given celebrity- Miss Miller is fine , Miss Markland's divine , Miss Smith she ...
... Died , last week , at Edinburgh , Mrs. Candlish , for- merly Miss Jean Smith , the last of the six belles of Mauchline , ' to whom the verses of Burns have given celebrity- Miss Miller is fine , Miss Markland's divine , Miss Smith she ...
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... died in 1446 , was the founder of the library at Oxford , subse- quently so enriched by Sir Thomas Bodley and others , that it has now the wide world appellation of the Bodleian . When a student remained reading in the library , during ...
... died in 1446 , was the founder of the library at Oxford , subse- quently so enriched by Sir Thomas Bodley and others , that it has now the wide world appellation of the Bodleian . When a student remained reading in the library , during ...
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Página 76 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering.
Página 6 - And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
Página 61 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Página 72 - God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
Página 72 - No matter how poor I am ; no matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling. If...
Página 45 - ... letters, in the same manner as the hours of the day are marked upon the ordinary dial-plate. They then fixed one of the needles on each of these plates in such a manner that it could move round without impediment, so as to touch any of the four and twenty letters.
Página 36 - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Página 32 - Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee? Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
Página 45 - If he had a mind to write any thing to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter that formed the words which he had occasion for, making a little pause at the end of every word or sentence, to avoid confusion. The friend, in the...
Página 61 - This stratagem to' amuse our foes, To make an hon'rable retreat, And wave a total sure defeat : For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain.